Mike Cook will be serving as an interim crew chief for Ty Dillon and the No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 team for the final two events of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season.
The news, which was made by Kaulig Racing on Wednesday, October 28, means that Cook replaces Andrew Dickeson, the latter of whom worked as Dillon’s full-time Cup crew chief since the start of the 2025 season. Cook, who is Kaulig’s first technical director and a former engineer for Stewart-Haas Racing from Tracy’s Landing, Maryland, will first work as Dillon’s interim crew chief this upcoming Sunday, November 1, at Martinsville Speedway. He will then cap off the 2026 Cup season with Dillon next Sunday, November 8, at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Dillon, the 2011 ARCA Menards Series champion from Welcome, North Carolina, is currently ranked in 33rd place in the 2026 Cup standings. Through 34-scheduled starts, he has led three laps and notched an average-finishing result of 26.0 along with nine top-20 results. His current best on-track result this season is 12th, which occurred at Nashville Superspeedway in mid-May. He is coming off a 15th-place result during this past weekend’s event at Talladega Superspeedway.
Dillon is campaining in his eighth season as a full-time competitor in the Cup Series division. He is also competing in his third season at Kaulig Racing, an organization in which he first competed with on a part-time basis in 2024 before graduating to a full-time driving role in 2025. Through 315 current Cup starts, Dillon has recorded two top-five results, eight top-10 results, 109 laps led and an average-finishing result of 23.5 as he continues his pursuit for his first victory and championship.
Ty Dillon’s 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season resumes this Sunday, November 1, at Martinsville Speedway for the Xfinity 500. The event’s broadcast time is scheduled to commence at 2 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN Radio, SiriusXM and HBO MAX.
